broadway - Page 6

Margaret Pilkington · 23-10-2005, 13:31

I remember the Sunken gardens in Broadway.....I thought they were lovely.
I can't remember when they disappeared......I can only remember going there with my gran......that would be in the early 1950's.

SPUGGIE J · 23-10-2005, 13:35

I could ask for the following for crimbo:
buldozer with drag hook
30 large cages
12 sets of stocks
12 sets of pillories
3 whipping frames
Result I could tear up Broadway with the dozer put up the cages etc and stick the council in it and it would become a tourist attraction.

Margaret Pilkington · 23-10-2005, 13:42

Wow Spuggie! I would have a stall there with tomatoes and eggs....do you think I would make any money?

madmal_1 · 23-10-2005, 20:25

i heard a rumer that they are putting some small shop units there

vitty · 23-10-2005, 22:27

Hi all,

I am considering running a story about the time this project as taken for the Observer.

Would anyone like to give me a couple of quotes about their opinion of the time lag/state of Broadway?

As always, I would need your name, age (optional) and address (no door numbers, please).

The upside of putting yourself in the limelight is it increases the chances of me getting the story printed and, therefore, getting the full financial/statistical information from the council about the project.

cheers, Vitty

SPUGGIE J · 25-10-2005, 20:59

Go for it. I spent 10 days in Accy over the last week and it was saddening to see what our once proud little town has been reduced to.

SpecialPowers · 25-10-2005, 21:18

Did you know already around £30,000 worth of damage has been caused to the new flag stones due to a security vehicle driving over the newly laid stones. It's going to look nice crazy-paving don't you think?

garinda · 25-10-2005, 22:28

Noted today.

Lovely white chewing gum on the nice new black tarmac. Even the special steam cleaning machines can't shift it off tarmac.

Noted today a truly awful design.

vitty · 25-10-2005, 22:30

Quote:

Originally Posted by SpecialPowers

Did you know already around £30,000 worth of damage has been caused to the new flag stones due to a security vehicle driving over the newly laid stones. It's going to look nice crazy-paving don't you think?

I would be interested in exploring this further.

Where did you find out about this?

Acrylic-bob · 26-10-2005, 03:37

I remember earlier in the summer a Security vehicle driving down Broadway from Union Street, resulting in at least two anxious parents having to snatch toddlers out of it's path. What is the point of having a pedestrianised zone if these things are allowed to drive where they like. It was going to pick up cash from the entrance to the Arndale. Surely that is what the Arndale has service entrances for?

SPUGGIE J · 26-10-2005, 12:23

Security best discribed as the "we do as we please" brigade.

wadey · 13-12-2011, 16:31

You might like this

jaysay · 13-12-2011, 18:56

Great photo wadey, by the looks of the car this could have been in the 70s

mobertol · 14-12-2011, 13:53

Quote:

Originally Posted by jaysay

Great photo wadey, by the looks of the car this could have been in the 70s

Nice photo -i remember it being like that when I was a little girl so it's probably the very early 70's.

It used to be crowded out for the annual Carnival Procession -do they still have that I wonder....

accyman · 14-12-2011, 14:35

Quote:

Originally Posted by Acrylic-bob

I remember earlier in the summer a Security vehicle driving down Broadway from Union Street, resulting in at least two anxious parents having to snatch toddlers out of it's path. What is the point of having a pedestrianised zone if these things are allowed to drive where they like. It was going to pick up cash from the entrance to the Arndale. Surely that is what the Arndale has service entrances for?

you bring up a good point because i too have seen people running for their lives and have seen a few near misses in the past from these secuity vans either speeding or refusing to slow down at all for people who havnt noticed them coming up behind them until the last second.

they should be made to walk from the main road they have helmets and other protection.The only people that should be allowed to drive in the pedestrian zone are police and ambulance not some moron who thinks walking more than 3 feet to a shop door is an unacceptable risk